{"id":2784,"date":"2026-04-03T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=2784"},"modified":"2026-09-27T17:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T20:21:53","slug":"notes-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=2784","title":{"rendered":"NOTES – APRIL 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cops Shooting at Fleeing Suspects<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Here’s an intrepid officer trying to shoot the Black Terror and his (very young) sidekick Tim in the backs as they run away from the scene of a late-night disturbance. (Exciting Comics 015, 1941)<\/p>\n

Samson Does the Thing<\/b>: <\/p>\n

Several new additions to the premiere Samson supercut<\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Marthas<\/b>:<\/p>\n

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A new addition to the League of Marthas<\/a>: the Golden Knight’s mother, Queen Martha of the Tree People! (Fantastic Comics 015, 1941)<\/p>\n

Places and History<\/b>:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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In a rare callback to some of the fake countries from previous Yank Wilson stories, Imperial Japan analog Hondo (Fantastic Comics<\/i> 009) and Nazi Germany analog Prussland (Fantastic Comics<\/i> 011) ally with Fascist Italy analog Napoli to form an Axis Powers analog referred to as the Triparty Aggression Pact. I have to say that it was a true thrill to see not one but two whole countries be re-used, rather than being new ones just made up on the spot.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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I was soon dashed from these giddy heights, however, as Yank Wilson almost immediately invented Japanese<\/strike> Hondoese Internment Camps. (Fantastic Comics 016, 1941)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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